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The Mirror And Other Strange Reflections

The Mirror And Other Strange Reflections

Arthur Porges
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'Porges is probably the only major writer of the macabre in America not to have had a collection of his work published at any time. I would recommend any publisher in search of a good book of short stories to turn in the direction of Arthur Porges.'

Thus wrote Hugh Lamb in 1977, when he included Arthur Porges' story 'The Man Who Wouldn't Eat' in his anthology COLD FEAR. By then the author, having published hundreds of stories, had made his name in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror, and the supernatural; yet apart from a collection of Sherlockian parodies, Porges' work had not been gathered together into book form. THE MIRROR, first published twenty-five years after Hugh Lamb made his suggestion, is the first collection of Arthur Porges' weird and supernatural tales to appear.

THE MIRROR AND OTHER STRANGE REFLECTIONS gathers together twenty-eight tales, ranging from the whimsical to the horrifying. Readers will meet such characters as the Great God Eep, who can perform any wish as long as the value does not exceed $1.98; Bryan Donaldson, prepared to do anything—or sacrifice anyone—to get what he wants; Redi, one a dwindling band of shadowsmiths; the sorcerer Don Esteban, who has been met with ingratitude on too many occasions; and the mysterious creature known as the grom, invisible to humans, yet possessed of a sense of mischief which can lead to deadly results.

Porges' work, writes editor Mike Ashley, cannot easily be compared with the work of anyone else in the genre. Readers may detect a hint of Poe here, a little Hodgson there, perhaps a soupçon of M. R. James. At the end of the day, however, Arthur Porges' stories stand on their own as elegant exercises in the macabre and terrifying, which will linger in the memory long after the book is closed.
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Christopher Roden/Ash-Tree Press
Release
June 14, 2013

The Mirror And Other Strange Reflections

Arthur Porges
4.2/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
'Porges is probably the only major writer of the macabre in America not to have had a collection of his work published at any time. I would recommend any publisher in search of a good book of short stories to turn in the direction of Arthur Porges.'

Thus wrote Hugh Lamb in 1977, when he included Arthur Porges' story 'The Man Who Wouldn't Eat' in his anthology COLD FEAR. By then the author, having published hundreds of stories, had made his name in the fields of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror, and the supernatural; yet apart from a collection of Sherlockian parodies, Porges' work had not been gathered together into book form. THE MIRROR, first published twenty-five years after Hugh Lamb made his suggestion, is the first collection of Arthur Porges' weird and supernatural tales to appear.

THE MIRROR AND OTHER STRANGE REFLECTIONS gathers together twenty-eight tales, ranging from the whimsical to the horrifying. Readers will meet such characters as the Great God Eep, who can perform any wish as long as the value does not exceed $1.98; Bryan Donaldson, prepared to do anything—or sacrifice anyone—to get what he wants; Redi, one a dwindling band of shadowsmiths; the sorcerer Don Esteban, who has been met with ingratitude on too many occasions; and the mysterious creature known as the grom, invisible to humans, yet possessed of a sense of mischief which can lead to deadly results.

Porges' work, writes editor Mike Ashley, cannot easily be compared with the work of anyone else in the genre. Readers may detect a hint of Poe here, a little Hodgson there, perhaps a soupçon of M. R. James. At the end of the day, however, Arthur Porges' stories stand on their own as elegant exercises in the macabre and terrifying, which will linger in the memory long after the book is closed.
Language
English
Pages
196
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Christopher Roden/Ash-Tree Press
Release
June 14, 2013

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